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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!yoyo.aarnet.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!ee.und.ac.za!nntp.und.ac.za!beastie.cs.und.ac.za!harverso From: harverso@beastie.cs.und.ac.za (Tony Harverson ) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: disgruntled.. not a flame.. to cdrom.com Date: 17 Sep 1995 12:23:45 GMT Organization: University of Natal (Durban), South Africa Lines: 27 Message-ID: <43h40h$q3c@owl.und.ac.za> References: <439eta$gbq@mark.ucdavis.edu> <43ble7$nco@reason.cdrom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: beastie.cs.und.ac.za X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] : For a given title, you sell anywhere from 20-40% directly to customers and : the rest through distributor channels. These distributor channels are your : lifeblood (no surprise there, considering the percentages involved) and : they are VERY fussy about what they'll pay! They order those kinds of : volumes because they can sell them, and they can sell them because: A) : They sell them cheap. B) They can still make respectable volume profit : margins and are therefore _highly motivated_ to sell as many as they can. : That's all distributors do, after all, they don't make things or do any : sort of R&D investment, they just sell stuff. Therefore, it hardly This having been said, I was wondering if there was a list of dealers who supply FreeBSD lurking around somewhere... I Want to buy the 2.1 CD when it comes out, But $38 translates into 120 Rand which is a little dear, and if I could get a friend to buy it over there cheaper, It would be FAR less of a strain on the pocket. Thanks Tony -- ~~~|~~~ aka: Tony Harverson - the #za Stalker | rog = harverso@beastie.cs.und.ac.za "...Let us die young or let us live forever/We Don't have the power but we never say never.." - Alphaville